> -Original Message-
> From: Rich Freeman
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 5:21 PM
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 8:03 PM Laurence Perkins wrote:
> >
&g
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 8:03 PM Laurence Perkins wrote:
>
> The TPM in most computers doesn't dump the keys if someone tries to open the
> case to install hardware sniffers.
>
That's a good point, though if somebody with the ability to sniff the
RAM or (to a lesser degree) GPU traffic is after
>-Original Message-
>From: Rich Freeman
>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 1:08 PM
>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.
>
>On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM Laurence Perkins wrote:
>>
>> Havi
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 2:30 PM Laurence Perkins wrote:
>
> Having it remain unlocked and capable of rebooting unless the accelerometer
> showed movement I think was an option since the TPM kept monitoring even if
> the mains power was interrupted.
>
Yeah, there might still be ways to
>-Original Message-
>From: Rich Freeman
>Sent: Monday, March 21, 2022 11:07 AM
>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.
>
>On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:17 PM Laurence Perkins wrote:
>>
>>
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 12:17 PM Laurence Perkins wrote:
>
> There was the ORWL project a few years ago. Self-encrypting SSD drive with a
> TPM that would unlock it only in the presence of an encrypted RFID tag plus
> tapping in a code on the keypad, with all the sensitive bits wrapped in an
>>
>>
>>-Original Message-
>>From: Rich Freeman
>>Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2022 11:03 AM
>>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
>>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] KDE, sddm etc security. Plus LVM question.
>>
>>On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 12:
On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 12:05 PM Daniel Frey wrote:
>
> They don't even need to defeat a password. If they have root, it's
> trivial to unlock a locked session without knowing the password - just FYI.
> ...
> The screen locks in linux are security by obscurity, if something is
> that sensitive,
On 2022-03-19 01:03, Dale wrote:
Howdy,
I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or
have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I
have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login
manager is sddm. As a example, if someone
On Sat, Mar 19, 2022 at 1:50 PM Dale wrote:
> Another issue, ctrl+alt+L doesn't trigger xscreensaver but still
> triggers KDE's screen saver. It can likely be fixed but the problem
> above has to be fixed first.
System Settings -> Workspace Behavior -> Screen Locking ?
Dale wrote:
> Peter Humphrey wrote:
>> On Saturday, 19 March 2022 12:33:16 GMT Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
>>> On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote:
Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
> The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver.
> https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/
I
On 19/03/2022 13:20, Dale wrote:
I'm moving to encrypting some directories. To do that, I need a empty
drive first to put encryption on. Then I can encrypt, move stuff that
isn't encrypted then add drives back until everything that I want is
encrypted. I'm assuming I can have one large
Peter Humphrey wrote:
> On Saturday, 19 March 2022 12:33:16 GMT Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
>> On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote:
>>> Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver.
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/
>>> I have that installed
On Saturday, 19 March 2022 12:33:16 GMT Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
> On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote:
> > Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
> > > The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver.
> > > https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/
> >
> > I have that installed here. Question now
Wols Lists wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 08:03, Dale wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>> I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or
>> have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I
>> have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login
>> manager
Wols Lists wrote:
> On 19/03/2022 11:08, Dale wrote:
>> I have that installed here. Question now is, is that what locks my
>> screen or is KDE/sddm/something else doing that besides xscreensaver.
>> From my poking around, I don't think I'm using xscreensaver. I'm
>> trying
>> to figure out how
Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
> On 2022-03-19 06:08, Dale wrote:
>> Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
>>> The only secure lockscreen is XScreenSaver.
>>> https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/01/i-told-you-so-2021-edition/
>> I have that installed here. Question now is, is that what locks my
>> screen or is
On 19/03/2022 11:08, Dale wrote:
I have that installed here. Question now is, is that what locks my
screen or is KDE/sddm/something else doing that besides xscreensaver.
From my poking around, I don't think I'm using xscreensaver. I'm trying
to figure out how that works so I can get it to be
Anna “CyberTailor” wrote:
> On 2022-03-19 03:03, Dale wrote:
>> I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or
>> have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I
>> have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login
>> manager is
On 19/03/2022 08:03, Dale wrote:
Howdy,
I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or
have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I
have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login
manager is sddm. As a example, if someone
Howdy,
I been thinking. Yea, that's dangerous. lol If I logout of KDE, or
have the screen locked, ctrl+alt=L key sequence, how secure is that if I
have good passwords that are virtually impossible to crack? My login
manager is sddm. As a example, if someone breaks into my home, is there
a
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